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det/sʌt͡ʃ//sɪt͡ʃ//sɛt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.demonstrative

    • I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
    • Really? Unfortunately, my mind refuses to bring any such memory forward.
  2. 2

    Any.

    • the above address or at such other address as may be provided
  3. 3

    Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.

    • Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would be.
    • I spent such a lot last night (that) now I can't even afford a burger.
  4. 4

    Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.; Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.

    • Such hypocrisy!
    • Such beautiful eyes you have.
  5. 5

    A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.dialectalobsolete

    • In rushed one and tells him such a knight / Is new arrived.
    • To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
pron/sʌt͡ʃ//sɪt͡ʃ//sɛt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.

    • Such is life, such as it is.
    • When applied to women, 'handsome' is used mostly of such as are middle-aged or elderly.
noun/sʌt͡ʃ//sɪt͡ʃ//sɛt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

    • But granted that Plato does not accept the this-such distinction, why saddle him with the view that all things are thises, rather than all suches or perhaps even neither?

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